George Crane

Brief Life History of George

George Crane was born on 16 January 1814, in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States. He married Nancy Jane Harding on 19 January 1841, in Springfield Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 24 October 1889, in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Crane
1814–1889
Nancy Jane Harding
1815–1888
Marriage: 19 January 1841
George January
about 1842–about 1842
Alice Crane
about 1844–1910
Laura Irene Crane
1846–1888
Maria Louise Crane
about 1851–about 1854
Benjamin Taylor Crane
about 1854–1855
George Hardin Crane
about 1861–1907
Abram Asa Crane
1849–1849
Maria Elizabeth Crane
1849–1850
Edwin Walton Craine
1852–1922
Mannie Eliza Crane
1858–1927
Martha Crane
1860–

Sources (20)

  • George Crain, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: George Crane - Published information: birth: 16 January 1814; Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States
  • George Crane, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1821

Historical Boundaries: 1821: Sangamon, Illinois, United States

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: nickname, most likely for a tall, thin man with long legs, from Middle English cran ‘crane’ (the bird), Old English cran, cron. The term included the heron until the introduction of a separate word for the latter in the 14th century.

Manx: see Craine .

Dutch: variant of Krane ‘crane’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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